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The epicentre of the quake was Shigatse, one of the holiest cities of Tibet. The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake measured 7.1 on the Richter scale, while the China Earthquake ...

A huge magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit the holy city of Shigatse, or Xigazê, in the autonomous region of Tibet in China. A deadly magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit one of the holiest cities in Tibet ...

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Dingri county, Tibet, near the Nepal border at 9:05 am local time Tuesday, killing at least nine and destroying many buildings, state media confirmed. The US ...

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Dingri county, Tibet, near the Nepal border at 9:05 am local time Tuesday, killing at least nine and destroying many buildings, state media confirmed. The US ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Tibet's second-largest city on Tuesday morning, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said, shaking the area surrounding Shigatse city at 9:05 a ...

Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, was dispatched to the area to guide the work The epicentre of the magnitude 6.8 quake that hit on Tuesday morning was in Tingri county, near Shigatse city, according to ...

State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) put the epicentre in Tingri county, about 240 miles from Tibet's capital Lhasa and about 14 miles from its second-largest city of Shigatse - also ...

The tremor, which Chinese authorities recorded as magnitude 6.8, hit Dingri County in Shigatse, a mountainous region in western China that borders Nepal. Shigatse, which is about 240 miles from ...

Tremors also shook buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India. The impact was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, home to 800,000 people. The region is administered from Shigatse city ...